# Beneath the Sands of Monahans - Hardcover

by **Charles Alcorn** (Author)

**The tale of a stone-cold frontiersman blasting across his beloved Texas highways in an attempt to retain his sense of daring and independence among friends, family, bookies and under-reported enemies.**

  

_Beneath the Sands of Monahans_ introduces Archie Weesatche, a hard working orphan who's recently sold his oil field hot shot company, Keep On Truckin'. With money in his pocket and time on his hands, Archie launches a long-planned Tour of Texas with best friend Okinawa Watkins, betting with a colorful cast of hand-picked boosters and bookies on high school and college football games.

  

Enter Mexican heiress Josefina Montemayor, who convinces her long-ago lover that Archie's the only man she trusts to raise the $650,000 she needs to release millions in unrecovered cartel cash.

  

Set in a map's worth of Texas locations, this quest narrative explores cultural minefields, the precarious nature of oilfield booms and busts, and the tricky world of cash money gambling during a legendary winning streak.

### Author Biography

**Charles Alcorn** has lived in and written about Texas his entire life. A former all-state linebacker, Alcorn founded Splendid Seed Tobacco Company, was a sportswriter, and worked as a packaged goods copywriter before receiving his Ph.D. in English Literature/Creative Writing (Fiction) from the University of Houston. Alcorn's is the author of short story collection _Argument Against the Good-Looking Corpse_ (2011, Texas Review Press). _Beneath the Sands of Monahans_ is his debut novel. Alcorn currently lives in Edinburg on the US-Mexico border.

**Number of Pages:** 420

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN

**Publication Date:** August 22, 2023

## Details

- **Price:** 28.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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